Joseph de susdsri



llivrrn JOSEPH DE SUSINI, OF NE YORK, N. Y.

TOBACCO-PULP.

EPECIEZZCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,881, dated ZJlay 26', 1885.

Application filed October 18, 1884. {X0 sprcimcns.)

To coil whom it 1n/ci-y'c0nccrn:

Be it known that I, J osnrn DE 'Sosiivr, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco-Pulp; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact tion, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the treatment of tobacco or other pulp for smoking or other purposes, such as the fillings or wrappings of cigars, cigarettes, and other like articles, and for smoking, chewing or snufling tobacco, and the wrappings, coverings, or packages containing the same, in order to give the material valuable medicinal properties.

To this end my invention consists in combining with the filling or wrapping, or both, of a cigarette, cigar, or other similar article, or with smoking, chewing, or snuffing tobacco, or their wrappers, or both, vegetable tar in suitable proportions, as more fully hereinafter described.

The properties of vegetable tar as an odoir talgic, pectoral, anti asthmatic, anti putrid antiseptic are well known, and it is largely employed by the medical profession in case of epidemic and contagious diseases, miasmatic emanations or affections, and especially in diseases of the mucous membrane and the respiratory organs. It has generally been given in the form of vapor and by inhalation, and numerous devices have been employed to facilitate its administration in such forms; but all such means have been cumbersome and difficult to manage, while none of them have served the purpose of conducting the vapors of the substance directly to the mouth, nostrils, respiratory organs, and other affected parts pleasantly and beneficially to the common users of tobacco, as well as in a manner aromatize the surrounding atmosphere.

In order to secure the above-named important advantages, I combine vegetable tar in any convenient manner with tobacco-pulp, or in the pulp of other plants alone, or tobacco admixed with one or more of such plants, intended to be smoked, chewed, or snuffed, or

description of the invento purify and with the wrappers of cigarettes, cigars, cheroots, and the like, or for smoking, chewing, and snut'fing articles.

The tar is generally sprinkling the same upon treated, or by immersing the solution.

In carrying my invention into effect- 1 dis solve a proper amount of vegetable tar (which will vary according to circumstances) in alco hol, ether, naptha, whisky, rum, or other volatile fluid, the proportions varying according applied in solution by the substances to be such substances in i to the density of the solution desired.

For general purposes I have found the solution in the following proportions to answer,- viz: alcohol, ether, naptha, whisky, rum, or other equivalent volatile solvent, sixteen fluid ounces, vegetable tar, one ounce. The solution thus made 1 then sprinkle on the tobacco or on the other plants alone, or on the admin ture of the tobacco and such plants, or on the fillers, binders, and wrappers of the cigars, cheroots, and other like articles, or on the packages or casings for containing the same.

Instead of sprinkling the solution on the pulp of tobacco or other plants, the material, articles, wrappers, or packings may be steeped in the solution until properly saturated. The material or articles, wrappers, and packages thus treated are then subjected to the action of the air or to amoderatc heat until the volatile fluid or vehicle is evaporated, leaving the p are vegetable tar behind, which remains thoroughly incorporated in the material to be utilized. I

The material and articles and their wrappiugs or packings may also be prepared by submitting them for or less duration to the volatile emanations of the vegetable tar at ordinary temperatures, or to the vapor or smoke of said substances, generated at elevated temperatures.

The material and articles and their wrappings or packings may also be treated with tarred water in any of the manners herein explained. Similarly, the tar in its pure state may be applied to the material and articles or to the boxes, packages, and cases.

I may also employ a solution of tar in potassa or soda, glycerine, &c., instead of the volatile substances mentioned.

a period of time of more ing, chewing, or

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. -The method herein described of preparing tobacco or other plants or admixtures of the same for smoking, chewing, or snuffing, by combining the same in anysuitable proportion or manner with vegetable tar, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The tobacco or other plants, or admixtures of the same, for smoking, chewing, or snuffing, having combined with them in any suitable manner vegetable tar, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The process herein described of preparing tobacco or other plants for stock, or filling, or binders, or wrappers for cigarettes, cigars, cheroots, or like articles, or for smoksnuffing purposes, the same consisti ug in moistening or saturating the same with a solution of vegetable tar in a volatile liquid, and then evaporating the solvent, leaving the tar thoroughly distributed and incorporated throughout the tobacco or other ma- 1teriitll, substantially as and for the purpose set ort 4. The process herein described of preparing tobacco or other plants for stock, or filling,

or binders, or wrappers for cigarettes, cigars, .cheroots or like'articles, or for smoking, chewing, or snufling purposes, which consists in moistening or saturating the same with tarred water, and then drying it, substantially as set forth.

5. The process herein described of preparing tobacco or other plants for stock, or filling, or binders, or wrappers for cigarettes, cigars, cheroots, or like articles, or for smoking, chewing, or snuffing purposes, the same consisting in submitting the materials of said articles to the volatile emanations of vegetable tar at the natural temperature or to the vapor or smoke substantially as and for the goods, which consists in submitting the same to the volatile emanations of vegetable tar'ata suitable temperature, substantially as de; scribed.

8. The process herein described of prepar ing the Wrappers, bags, cases, and other packings for cigarettes, cigars, cheroots, and like articles, or for smoking, chewing, or snuifing goods, the same consisting in applying to any convenient portion of the inside parts of the same a suitable quantity of vegetable tar in its natural state, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

9. The process herein described of preparing the wrappers, bags, cases, and other paclo ings for cigarettes, cigars, cheroots, and, like articles, or for smoking, chewing, or snuffing goods, the same consisting in subjecting them to a solution of tar in glycerine, potassa, or soda, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH DE SUSIN I.

WVitnesses:

J 0111s G. KALBACH, LAWRENCE J IMENER. 

